A Baby's Recovery from Congenital Defects Awakens an Entire Family to the Greatness of Falun Dafa

My first daughter died at four months of age. She was born with congenital heart disease, and in December of 2002, she was given a vaccination shot while she still had a bad cough. This triggered a swift deterioration of her heart condition, and she died shortly thereafter despite emergency rescue attempts by the hospital.

My second daughter was born prematurely by one week in September of 2004. She was even frailer than her sister at birth. She had neonatal jaundice for three weeks, so I took her to the Shaanxi Provincial Women and Children's Hospital. The doctor on duty refused to check her in and asked me to take her to a larger hospital. The second hospital required us to sign a notification of critical illness before it would check my daughter in.

The hospital's medical experts and professors did a joint checkup on her. After a few days of treatment, they told me that she was going to die after having performed an analysis of her heart and chromosomes. They were anxious to have her checked out of the hospital and told us that there was no need for treatment.

My daughter suffered from Trisomy 21, or Down syndrome. She had one extra string of chromosomes, and she had congenital heart disease. She also suffered from the following illnesses: complete endocardial cushion defect (ostium primum atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defects, cleft anterior mitral valve leaflet), persistent arterial duct (Patent Ductus Arteriosus), and left to right large arterial shunt. According to a medical professor, the Patent Ductus Arteriosus might heal on its own, but the other problems would deteriorate over time and become fatal.

The doctor told us these were hereditary problems, so we shouldn't have any more children.

I still remember the look on the face of my loving wife, who had endured two difficult births. My elderly mother looked disappointed and downcast. I felt heartbroken, but I had to hold back my tears so as not to upset them even more! I have seven siblings and we are all very normal and healthy, but two of my aunts were born deaf, mute, and with mental retardation. One of them would keep falling down if she tried to walk without help. They both needed full-time care and died in their 30s. When the doctor told us not to have any more children, we fell into deep grief.

In our darkest hour, Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) gave us new hope. A middle-aged woman that I once practised the Falun Gong exercises with told us, "Many people recovered from illnesses when they recited, 'Falun Gong is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance is good.' Why don't you try it?"

We had no one to turn to. The doctor had already declared that my child was going to die anyway. It would be great if reciting, "Falun Dafa is good" and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance is good," would cure her illness. Besides, it is certainly good for her to follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. At first when we returned home and started reciting, there was pus and blood in her stool, but she actually became increasingly well. What she experienced was very similar to the signs of Teacher's cleansing a Falun Gong disciple's body described in the Falun Gong books.

After a few days, my daughter was still alive. I had a feeling that I was about to witness a miracle. I felt that my baby had hit bottom and was on her way back up. After nearly three months, her diarrhoea stopped completely.

I have been reciting, "Falun Dafa is good," since then. At first, my baby's tongue would hang out, but now she looks much better. When she was four months old, she had a cold twice that caused her to cough repeatedly. Once she coughed all night long for two nights, but during the day she was perfectly well and energetic. Several days later, the cold disappeared without any medical treatment. This was the very same symptom that eventually led to the death of my first baby!

Thus my child went through several big tests and became much, much better. I am convinced that she is going to be fine. Although she was born a frail baby with a lot of tribulations, she is going to live and she is not showing any signs of mental retardation. She can now walk, call for Mommy and Daddy, bow to people, and say goodbye. I checked some of the medical reference books and learnt that usually children born with Down syndrome cannot walk or speak intelligibly until they are about four years old. I am so pleased when I watch her play with her toys. She will put a lollipop in her mouth excitedly. When my wife and I ask to share the lollipop, she will smile and offer it to us. Compared to when she was born, I feel as if I am now living in a most wonderful dream.

There is a Chinese idiom, "A doctor may be able to cure your illness, but he is unable to change your fate." I believed in modern medical science and entrusted my first daughter to the hospital, but she died in the care of the hospital. As for my second daughter, she has never had a shot or medicine since the hospital declared her to be critically ill and told us there was nothing more they could do for her. But she is alive and healthy. Believing that Falun Dafa is good not only cured her hereditary illness, but also changed our entire family and her fate. I believe this is a true manifestation of the boundless power of Falun Buddha Law. I shared her story with our relatives and friends. Since my oldest aunt started reciting, "Falun Dafa is good," the insomnia that had troubled her for many years disappeared. My uncle was opposed to Falun Gong, but now they practise Falun Gong together at home.

I would like to extend my deepest appreciation to the founder of the practice, Master Li and His Falun Dafa! I would also like to thank those Falun Dafa disciples that selflessly spread Falun Gong and the truth about Falun Gong to the world despite the severe persecution they are experiencing! I wish for this criminal persecution to end immediately!